Transom or window control means



a Aug. 1.1, 1931. F. w. KUCKLINSKY 1,813,406

TRANSO- OR WINDOW CONTROL "BANS filed Oct. :51, '1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 MWWT ATTORNEY Aug. 11, 1931. F. w. KUCKLINSKY TRANSOM OR WINDOW CONTROL MEANS Filed Oct. 31, 1929 2 Sheets-Sham 2 INVENTOR kit 211F250 v BY , ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 11, 1931 FUNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE? IEIRaIilIiElIBI(3K W. K UCKLINSKY, MONTCLAIR, JERSEY rmnsom on winnow con'rnon MEANS Application filed ember 31, 1929. s''m1 no. 403,s75.

This invention'relates to a transom controlling mechanism, and it consists in the novel features; which are hereinafter described.

One of the objects of my invention'c'onsists in providing a perfected mechanism for opening and closing a transom.

Anotheroblject oiv my invention isto provide a means on said mechanism for prevent- I ing the surreptitious opening of a transom from the outside of the room.

A further object of my invention is to provide a means on said mechanism for locking the same, to prevent the unauthorized opening of a transom from within.

one form of which is illustrated in the accom-,

in drawin s, or 'any'mechanical .ggdid alznt or ob vious' modification of" the "same. a

In the drawings.

Fig.1 is a front elevation 'fromwithin a roomof awindow frame, a transom thereon I and my transom operating mechanism as partly enclosed. I

Fig. 2 isa side elevation of the parts shown inFig. 1 looking fromleft' to right in Fig. i

Fig. 3 is'a'pl'anview of the parts shown in r Fig. 1 looking down thereupon; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary'vertical section on the line of Fig. 1, drawn to a larger scale than Figs. 1,2 and 3, showing thelow'er part of the mechanism at the 'hancille, and omitting the window frame.

'Figi fi is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 4, drawn a a largerscale than; Figs. 1", earn 3, andalso omitting the wlndow framerl Fig 6 is a rear elevation of the parts shown durable and comparatively inextrally thereof a threaded Fig; 7 is a horizontalsection of parts of my transom controlling mechanism on the line 1 77 of Fig. 1, drawn to a larger-scale than Fig. 1.

of Fig. 3, showing," the transom end of the mechanism in its locked position;

Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view similar to Fig. 8 but showing the transom end of the mechanism in its open position.

Fig. 10 is a detail view in perspective of one of a pair of pawls shown in Fig. 6, which is hereinafter described. I

Fig. 8 is a vertical section on theline 8 -8 Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views: 7

11 designates awindow frame and 12 a transom thereon, which is hinged thereto as at 18*. I r

A housing 14 is shownas secured by means of flanges 15 thereon and suitable fastenings 15 to the upper end of said transom 12; and enclosed'therein is part of" the upper end of my transom controlling mechanism.

The housing 14 terminates, at the end thereof which is remote from said transom 12, in an inner cylinder 16, which is shown as square on the outside thereof and encloses a piston-like member 17 said cylinder 16 is shown inFigs. 8 and 9 as closed by a head or cap 18, which has thereon a rim 19 and an inner annular flange 20, which fits into said cylinder 16 and is shown as kept in position therein by a pair of pins 21, shown in'Fig. 7 which may be driven thereinto from the outside of said cylinder 16. i

The piston 17 has connected thereto cenplug 22, which has secured thereto one end 0 a cable 28, which passes through an oscillating guide 24. Said guide 25; is pivoted on said frame 11, and has thereon a-transverse branch 24%- which is sub-.

stantially' horizontally disposed. Said cable 23 makes a turn of a quarter of a revolution extends through one of a pair of bearings 25 25 on said llOllSlIlg ll, as shown in Fig;

. in its passage through said guide 2l24 and 7, into] a tubular guide 26. Said guide 26 is shown in Fig. If as extending horizontallyalong the top of the window frame 11 to the end thereof, whereit is turned through a quarter of a revolution to a vertical position and is joined to a socket 27, which is secured to one side of said window frame 11.

The cable 23 then extends through a vertical tubular guide 28, which is secured at its upper end to said socket 27, extends downwardly and is joined at the lower end thereof to a socket 29, which is also secured tosaid window frame 11. The cable 23 is then joined to the upper end of a vertically dis ings to receive therein the ends 34*.of said pins 34, as shown in F 4. V

The bearings 2525 for supporting said guide 2424 are preferably made integral with a bracket 59, which is secured by means of screws 60 to said frame 11; and the pivotal connection of said bearing 25 to one end of said guide 24 is shown in Fig. 7 as consisting of a pin 58, which is threadedly secured to said guide 24 at said end of the latter .and swive'lled in a bored opening in; said bearing 25; the pivotal connection to the other end of said guide 24 is formed by extending one end of said tubular guide 26 to swivel in bored openings formed in the other of said bearings 25 and in the adjacent other end of said guide 24, as shown in Fig.7. '-The handle supporting bar 31 with the lower end of said tubular member 30 areslid-v ably received in a guide 35, which is open at the front thereof, as at 35 and is joined at the upper end thereof to said socket 29.

Thelower end of said guide 3535 is secured to a housing 36, which encloses. a

locking mechanism for the lower end of said bar 31, which extends below said handle 33 and the lower of said lugs .32'into said hous ing36.. The housing36 has thereon .afront .wall 36 with a'boss 37 thereon, which is bored as at 37 to receive therein ,the cylindrical end of a key-socket38, which is capped at the front thereof as at 38 and has therein a suit-f able key-notch or hole 39 for a key 40 to fit. therein, wherewith' to turn said socket 38 with relation to said bored boss 37.

-The housing 36 may be securedito said frame .11 by means of screws 41, and it has pivotally connected thereto as at 42 a pair of spring pressed p'awls 42, asshown in Fig 6; the pawls 42, may have said'pins 42 driven thereinto, as shown inFigL- 10 the pawls 42 engage a double ratchet 43 at the lower end of said .bar 31, whereby the-latter with the parts connected thereto, as hereinbefore described, are held fast under the influence of actuated by said cam 45,, 4

To. prevent the surreptitious. opening of.

a spring 44, which has the middle part thereof engaged in said housing 36 and the ends 44 thereof in contact with the ends of said pawls 42, as shown in Fig. 6, thereby locking my transom controlling mechanism in position against manipulation from the inside of the room. 7

,To' release the mechanism by means of said key 40 I provide a cam 45, which may be integral with or connected to said key socket 38i'at the rearthereof, to be turned therewith by means of said key 40 from the positionshbwn *in Fig. 6 to a position at right angles thereto, thereby turning said pawls 42 on their pivots 42 against the resistance of the ends 44? of saidspring 44 out of engagementwithsaid ratchet 43, thereby releasing said bar 31,.whichmay. then be moved upwardly by means of said handle, 33,'thereby raising said tubular member 30 and raising said .ca ble 23, which is thereby slid in said guides 28,,and 26, and forces the upper end of said cable 23 through saidoscil lating guide 24, and branch 24* thereof, thereby gmoving said piston 17 towards the flange 20 of said head'or cap 1819, then forcing the cylinder 16 withthe housing 14 an dthe transom; 12 to turn on the hinges 13 of said transom into the position shown in Fig. 2 or to a similar position with the tra n som forming a-variable angle with the frame 11;, the. friction ofthe moving parts ontheir sundry guides holdsthe transom the requi{ site position for, allowing the'necessary or desired extent of opening of said transom 12, To close the transom the handle 33' is engagement with pawls 42 on both sides thereof, to be retained in this position by the ends. 44 of said spring44 pressing on' said" pawls 1 42 5 until. released by [saidkey 140 as, hereinbefore describedQ f The handle 33 is. ivoted-on'said lugs; 32; to permit said han le to be tur'ned on 'said pivots 34 into a position substantially par'aL' leL-to the frame 11, if des'iredfthereby to allowga window shade to be drawndown over said transom 1 2, lwhe i the nag: is closed,

over said handle 33.

i .E ach of, the .pawls. .42 hown i as having thereona boss 42", which is posi tionedin the plane of said cam-4 5 and in con tact with the same,fwhereby.said pawls 42are nsom 12fromthe outsideofthe room I provide on saidjf-rame 11 and said housing 14 an automatic locking mechanism, which,con-

sists of an oscillating pawl carrier 4 6,which is pivotally connected-to said, housing 14'bymeans of a p in 47 which is kept in 'place'by a plug 47 in a tapped hole in said carr1er..4 6i; aipin-pawl 48, having thereon a bevelled pawl-head 49, is slidably connected to said;

carrierf46 and is pressed by a spring50 into engagement with aratchet 51 on the-underside of the transverse branch 24 of said guide 24..24on said frame 11 when said transom is being closed, thereby lockingthe same at its upper end. 1

Rotation of said carrier-46 is then prevented by the. underside of said piston. 17, which is en aged in a depression 52 at the upper right and end of said carrier 46.

The bevel on said pawl head 49 enables the same to pass over said ratchet 51 endwise thereof when said transom is being closed.

- Said spring 50 is shown in Figs. 8 and 9 as secured to the upper wall 53 of said housing 14 by means of a bolt 54 and a nut 55. A groove 56 is provided in the underside of said carrier 46 opposite the acting end 57 of said spring v 50,to allow said end 57 freedom in its action onsaid pin 48. r 1

In the position of the above described parts, as shown in Fig. 8, the transom 12 can not be opened byforcin'gor pushing the same from the outside of the-room, which is at the r left hand side in the drawings.

The above locking device, however, does not prevent the opening of the transom from within the room by moving said cable '23 by means of said handle 33 upward through said guides 28 and 26 and forward through said guide 24 and branch 24. The piston 17 is first moved by said cable 23 towards the right V in Figs. 8 and 9- until it is brought into con tact with said flange 20 on said cylinder head or cap 18-19, whereby the lowerleft hand end of said piston is removed from said de pression 52 on said carrier 46, thereby-allowing said carrier 46 to be turned on said pin 47 as a pivot in a counter clockwise direction by the continued pressure of said cable 23 on said piston 17 and by the reaction of said ratchet 51 on said head 49 against the resistance of said spring end'57 until said head 49 is removedfrom said ratchet 51 by the continned rotation of said carrier 46, which coincides with the turning of said transom 12'on the hinge 13 by the above motion of said cable 23.

When the transom 12 is closed by moving the cable 23 by means of said handle 33 in the opposite direction, the spring end 57 forces said pawl pin 48 and said carrier 46 to change their positions from the ones shown in Fig. 9 to the ones shown in Fig. ,8, and said cable 23 pulls said piston 17 also from the position shown in Fig. 9 to the one shown in Fig. 8,

1 thereby locking the transom againstefiorts to open it from the outside of the room.

Thus, it will be noted, that I have provided a transom control means, in which the manual operating means may be located remotely from the operated transom, and which upon the termination of the closing. movement positively and automatically locks or latches the transom against unauthorized opening or details as shown in the drawings, but I intend to include also all mechanical equivalents and obvious modifications of the same within the scope of my invention.

. I claim as my invention, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent:

1. In a transom controlling mechanism a frame, a pivotal connection for said transom on said frame, a flexible member, terminating at one end thereof at a part on said transom, a handle, connected to said member at the other end thereof and a supportfor said handle, pivotally connected thereto and slid ably'connected to said frame, whereby the end of said member at said transom maybe moved by the motion of said support with I do not, therefore, restrict myself to the said handle, thereby causing said member to turn said transom on its pivot, and the pivotal connection of said handle to said support allowing said handle to. be, normally placed in a plane substantially parallel to said frame for the purpose as specified.

2. In a transom controlling mechanism a.

frame, a pivotal connection for said. transom on said frame, a flexible member, terminating at one end thereof 1n a part on said transom, a handle, connected to said member at the other end thereof, a means for guiding said flexible member, said means including an oscillating guide member, pivotally connectedtosaid frame and havmgthereon a transverse branch, for 'directlng the end -of said flexible member at said transom into a plane transversely to said frame and transom, whereby the end of said flexible member at said-transom maybe moved by the motion of saidhandlein a way to turn said transom on its pivot, thereby controlrot 7 ling the position of said transom, and the oscillation of said guide member allowing said transverse branch thereof to be in line with the end of said flexible memberv at said tran-v som, thereby effectively guiding said flexible member. 1

som through all thepositions of said tran-V on said frame, a flexibleniember, terminating at one end thereof at a part on said transom, a handle, connected to said member other end thereof, whereby the'end of said at the other end thereof, whereby the end of said member at said transom may be moved by the motion of said handle, thereby causing said member to turn said transom on its pivot, a ratchet, carried by a part on said frame, a pawl carrier, pivotally mounted on said transom, a pawl on said carrier, for automatically engaging said'ratchet whensaid transom is being closed, thereby preventing the opening of said transom from the outside of the room, a means on'said transom for. bringing said pawl into engagement with said ratchet, a sliding member on said transom, connected to the end of said flexible member, which terminates at said transom, and in engagement withsaid carrier, when said transom is being closed, to prevent the rotation of saidcarrier on said transom, said sliding member being slid by said flexible member, when the latter is moved to open the transom, out of engagement with said car- 'ier, whereupon the latter is rotated by the reaction of said ratchet against said pawl out of engagement therewith, thereby allowing said transom to be opened by said flexible member.

4:. In a transom controlling mechanism a frame, a pivotal connection for said transom on said frame, a flexible member, terminating at one end thereof at a part on said transom, a handle. connected to said member at the member at said transom may be moved by the motion of said handle, thereby causing said member to turn said transom 011 its pivot, a ratchet, carried by a part on said frame, a pawl carrier, pivotally mounted on said transom, a pawl pin, slidably connected to said carrier, a bevelled pawl head on said pin, a resilient means on said transom, for bringing said pin with said head thereon into engagement with said ratchet when said transom is being closed, the bevel on said head allowing the same topass over said ratchet, endwise thereof, a sliding member on said transom, connected to the end of said flexible member, which terminates at said transom, and in engagement with said carrier when said transom is being closed, to prevent the rotation of said carrier on said transom, thereby preventing the opening of said transom from the outside of the room, said sliding member being slidby said flexible, member, when the latter is moved to open the transom, out of engagement with said carrier,- whereupon the latter is rotated by the reaction of said ratchet against said head out of engagement therewith, thereby allowing said transom to be opened by said flexible member.

5. In a transom controlling mechanism a frame, a'pivotal connection for. said transom on said frame, afiexible member, terminating at one end thereof at a part on said transom,

a means for guiding said member, said means.

including an oscillating guide, ipivotally cone neoted to said frame, a transverse branch on whereby the end of said'member at said transom may be'moved by themotion of said handle, thereby causing said-:memberto turn said transom on'its pivot, a ratcheton said guide, a housing on said transom, a pawl carrier, pivotally connected to said housing interiorly thereof, a pawl pin, slidablyc'onnected to said carrier, abevelled pawl head on said pin, a spring in said housing for bringing said pin with said head thereon into engagement with said ratchet when said transom is being closed, the bevel on said head allowing the same to pass overfsaid'ratchet, endwise thereof, a slid-. ing member in said housing, connected to the end of said flexible member, which terminates at said transom, and in engagement with said carrier, when said transom is being closed,

-to prevent the rotation of said carrier on said transom, thereby preventingthe opening of said transom from the outside of the room, said sliding member being slid by said flexible member, when the latter ismoved to-open the transom, out of engagement with said carrier, whereupon the latter is rotated by the reaction of said ratchet against the said head out of engagement therewith, thereby allowing said transom to be opened bysaid flexible'member; Signed at New York, in the county of New York and StateofNew York, this 23rd day; of October, A. D. 1929. r J I I FREDERICK W. KUCKLINSKY.. 

